Al Stewart – Charlotte Corday (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] G D C (x4) [Verse 1]
G                D    C        G              D C
  If you hear a step upon your stair tonight

G              D      C        G             D C
  If you see a shadow   in the candle light

                D          G            C
It's only your imagination leading you astray

              D                  Em
See her for a moment then she'll slip away

    C                     G   D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff] G D C [Verse 2]
    G                D      C      G                 D C
She wanders down the hallway  in a long black dress

    G              D         C        G             D C
And lingers by the fireplace   like a faint caress

                     D                  G             C
Just what it is that brings her here no man alive can say

              D               Em
See her for a moment then she melts away

    C                  G      D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff] G D C [Bridge]
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   like a panoply

Eb                            F
Covering everything, river of night

Eb                  F
Stars in the window   See them shining

    Cm           F
For anyone else, anyone else
[Instrumental] G D C (x6) C G Am G F [Bridge]
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   like a panoply

Eb                            F
Covering everything, river of night

Eb                  F
Stars in the window   See them shining

    Cm           F
For anyone else, anyone else
[Verse 3]
    G                  D    C           G              D C
The clock ticks in the dark and now the night is still

    G             D      C        G            D C
The air is like a murmur   on the window sill

                    D                  G            C
All at once there's someone there that only you can see

               D                  Em
Seeking the forgiveness that will set her free

    C              G
The wind has taken away

    C                   G
The words she wanted to say

    C                  G
The sky now turning to gray

    C               G
The dawn is turning away

    C N.C.                G   D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday.
[Outro] G D C G D C G